Rail-joint.



0. PAYZANT.

RAIL JOINT. APPLIGATIQN HLED 1'EB.24, 1910.

977,040. Patented N ov. 29, 1910.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEiLoE oc'rlivE PAYZANT, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

RAIL-JOINT.

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To all whom it may conccm.'

Be it known'that I, OCTAVE PAYZANT, al

citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have 'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail- Joints;

and l do declare the following to be a full,

rail joint of this character having a -full 'baseA bearing and means to resist the horizontal strain on the rails.

Another object is to provide a rail joint in which the number of rail fastening bolts is reduced to a minimum and in which the rails may be readily taken up without disturbing the fastenin s of the ties. i

Still anot er object is to provide a rail joint in whichthe ends of the rails may be readily insulated from each other.

With vthe foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of, construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully |described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the meeting ends of vtwo rails showing the .application of' the joint; Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectionalview of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1'; Fig. 3 is a side view of one of the joint splice I bars; Fig. 4 is a topplan View `of the'l base l plate.

j Referring more particularly to the drawings, l denotes the meeting endsfof two rail sections, said ends beingengaged' with a base'plate 2which is of suilicient length to span the space between two ties. In the opposite ends ofthe plate 2 are formed spike holes 3, through which spikes are adapted to be driven to fasten Vthe plate to the ties with which Ytheends of the plate are engaged. On the opposite'side edges of the plate 2 are formed downwardly projecting stop flanges 4, andvin the late adjacent to the downwardly projectlng flange 4 are formed pairs of locking slots 5, the purpose of' which will be hereinafter described. Adapted to be engaged with the opposite sides of the rails are angle iron splice plates 6, in, which are j Specification of Letters Patent. j Patented Nov. 29, 1910. l VApplication led February 24, 1910. Serial. No. 545,586..

formed bolt holes 7, corresponding to the bolt holes'through the ends of the rails and with which are engaged the usuall rail fas tening bolts 8 of which in my improved `joint, only one is required for each end of On the lower outer edges ofthe `the rail. splice plates -are formed downwardly and outwardly projecting hook-shaped locking lugs 9, which are adapted. to be engaged with the slots 5 in the base plate and which have their outer edges abutting against the inner sides of the stop `flanges 4, said splice bars and lugs thus forming braces for the opposite sides of the rails, whereby the latter are enabled to resist great lateral or horizontal pressure.

By constructin the splice plates as herein shown and descri ed and forminga locking' Y enga ement therefor with the base plate 2,

it will be readily seen that the rails are not onl firmly clam ed 'indplace, but are also rigidly braced on oth si es and held against separating or upsetting. It will also be seen each other as shown by the heavy lilies 1() in the drawings.

From the fore oing description taken in connection witht eaccompanyin drawmgs, the construction and operation o theV inventionwill be readily understood without requiring 'amore extended explanation.

Y Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the pr1ncipleor sacrificing an of the advantages of this invention as de ned in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is I 1. In a railway rail oint, a base plate hav- 'engaged with the slots in said base plate, and

means engaged by said locking lugs whereby said splice'bars are adapted to brace the opposite sides of the rail.

' ing formed therein locking slots, angle' iron 2. In a railway' rail joint, a base plate ada ted to spun the space between two ties, saidp plate having formed therein locking slots, stop flanges formed on said base plate,

angle iron splice bars bolted to' the opposite.

sides of the rails, locking lugs formed on said splice bars and adapted to be engaged with the slots in said base stop flanges thereon whereby said splice bars serve to rigidly brace the opposite-sides of theV rail.`

3. In a railway rail joint, a base plate adapted to span the space between two ties, said plate having formed in its opposite ends .spike holes whereby said ends are spiked to the ties and locking slots also forme in said p plate, downwardly projecting stop flangesy plate and with thev nesses.

OCTAVE PAY7.-'\N'l`. itnesses R. M. KEGGIE, E. S. LYMAN.

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